Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. New Living Translation Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. English Standard Version Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. Berean Standard Bible Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. King James Bible Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: New King James Version Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun; New American Standard Bible The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. NASB 1995 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. NASB 1977 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. Legacy Standard Bible The light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. Amplified Bible The light is sweet and pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. Christian Standard Bible Light is sweet, and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun. Holman Christian Standard Bible Light is sweet, and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun. American Standard Version Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Sweet is the light and good for the eyes, and it is better to see the sun Brenton Septuagint Translation Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. Contemporary English Version Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun. Douay-Rheims Bible The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun. English Revised Version Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. GOD'S WORD® Translation Light is sweet, and it is good for one's eyes to see the sun. Good News Translation It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day. International Standard Version How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine! JPS Tanakh 1917 And the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Literal Standard Version Sweet also [is] the light, | And good for the eyes to see the sun. Majority Standard Bible Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. New American Bible Light is sweet! and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. NET Bible Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun. New Revised Standard Version Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. New Heart English Bible Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun. Webster's Bible Translation Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: World English Bible Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun. Young's Literal Translation Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Enjoy Your Years7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. 8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 6:5 The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man, Ecclesiastes 7:11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. Treasury of Scripture Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: the light Job 33:28,30 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light… Psalm 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. a pleasant Ecclesiastes 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Jump to Previous Eyes Good Light Pleasant Pleases Sun SweetJump to Next Eyes Good Light Pleasant Pleases Sun SweetEcclesiastes 11 1. directions for charity7. death in life and the day of judgment 9. in the days of youth Verses 7-9. - Section 17. The second remedy for the perplexities of the present life is cheerfulness - the spirit that enjoys the present, with a chastened regard to the future. Verse 7. - Truly the light is sweet. The verse begins with the copula ray, "and," which here notes merely transition, as Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 12:9. Do not be perplexed, or despondent, or paralyzed in your work, by the difficulties that meet you. Confront them with a cheerful mien, and enjoy life while it lasts. "The light" may be taken literally, or as equivalent to life. The very light, with all that it unfolds, all that it beautifies, all that it quickens, is a pleasure; life is worth living, and affords high and merited enjoyment to the faithful worker. The commentators quote parallels Thus Euripides, 'Iph. in Aul.,' 1219 - Μή μ ἀπολέσῃς ἄωρον ἡδύ γὰρ τὸ φῶς Κείσομαι ὤστε λίθος Αἴ που ἔπι ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος ἠελίοιο Hebrew Lightהָא֑וֹר (hā·’ō·wr) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary is sweet, וּמָת֖וֹק (ū·mā·ṯō·wq) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness and it pleases וְט֥וֹב (wə·ṭō·wḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good the eyes לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם (la·‘ê·na·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cd Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain to see לִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7200: To see the sun. הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement Links Ecclesiastes 11:7 NIVEcclesiastes 11:7 NLT Ecclesiastes 11:7 ESV Ecclesiastes 11:7 NASB Ecclesiastes 11:7 KJV Ecclesiastes 11:7 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 11:7 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 11:7 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 11:7 French Bible Ecclesiastes 11:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 11:7 Truly the light is sweet (Ecclesiast. 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